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McCARTY v. ROOTS

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided March 18, 1859PublishedCited by 17 opinions

• This case was brought up by writ of error from the Circuit . Court of the United States for the district of Indiana. It was a suit brought by Roots, Coe, & Aydelotte, citizens •of Ohio,' against Enoch McCarty, a citizen of Indiana.

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• This case was brought up by writ of error from the Circuit . Court of the United States for the district of Indiana. It was a suit brought by Roots, Coe, & Aydelotte, citizens •of Ohio,' against Enoch McCarty, a citizen of Indiana. It was upon a bill of exchange'drawn by Tyner & Childers, upon Richard Tyner, of New York, in favor of Enoch McCarty, for $4,500. Tyner accepted the bill, and McCarty endorsed it to George Holland, who endorsed it to Ezekiel Tyner, who endorsed it to Roots, Coe, & Aydelotte. • It was alleged that Holland took it up when past due at the Richmond Bank, and that…

1Opinion of the CourtJustice McLEAN

This is a writ of error to the District Court of Indiana.

The action was brought on a bill of exchange for $4,500, dated October 16, 1854, drawn by Tyner & Childers, of Peru, Indiana, ón Richard Tyner, of New York, and made, payable to the defendant sixty days after date, at the office of Winslow, Lanier, & Co., in the. city of New'York; which bill, at sight, was accepted by the drawee, and afterwards by the payee assigned to one Holland, who subsequently, assigned it to Ezekiel Tyner, by whom it was afterwards assigned to the plain-tiffs. Payment of the bill was refused at maturity, and it…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. McDonald v. MagruderSupreme Court of the United States · 1830

3Cited by17 opinions

  1. Railroad Co. v. National BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
  2. Maitland v. Citizens' National BankCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1874
  3. Farmers' Nat. Bank of Tecumseh v. McCallSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1910
  4. Hamilton v. FowlerCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1899
  5. Mann v. Bradshaw's Adm'rSupreme Court of Virginia · 1923

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